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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
6.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
57.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Good variety of niches.
2. Design looks good.
3. Videos look decent.
1. Sites didn't stand out for me.
2. Mediocre reality aspect.
3. Not updating sites too often.
"A decent reality network here that's grown a lot in the last year which is promising!" |
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Welcome to All Access Reality, a newer entrant into our reality network category. Like all the rest, you just need to pay $25 each month (unless you join by trial first, which is $40 a month!) for access to eight different member's areas. We've got all the standard niches here, including MILF, oral, interracial, trannies (?), and more. I'm never quite sure why sites through in tranny or gay sites into the mix, since in my opinion that's completely separate from normal hetero-hardcore sites.
After logging in through their form (complete with random number code to enter as well), you're in. Unfortunately, each time you enter into another member's area, you gotta fill the damn form out again. Isn't there a better way? It wouldn't be quite as bad if it was just the login and password, but with the random number code, it gets a little tiresome.
The sites have a pretty standard setup. The most recent scene is listed on top, with thumb previews of the previous updates below. It looks as though each site is updated once a week, again pretty standard, and have only been around since the beginning of 2004. Each scene has some pictures, as well as the all-important videos.
Pictures in some scenes are video caps, while others have normal pictures. I'm not sure why they are whatever they are, but I definitely saw both on different sites. The screen caps are pretty obvious, at 720x480, and make for a good preview of the video I guess. The actual pictures are usually around 768x550, and look decent. They're not huge, but bright and clear at least.
The videos are divided up into clips, which are then further divided up into different sections. A typical video has three sections with about five clips in it. You can either stream the video in your browser, or there's also a "download here" link available as well. There are two quality options (both Windows Media) at 75kbps (with small video) and 500kbps (with normal 320x240 video). For some reason, even though they are WMV, they need to download first which is a little weird (unless you watch them in your browser, of course). The quality is good, about on par with other reality videos. It could be better in a few ways, but video-quality isn't totally what they're going for I'm sure.
As far as extras, you get a few extra sites if you're into that stuff. Thankfully these weren't just feeds or anything, but had actual content to check out as well. Obviously their eight member's areas are supposed to keep you busy enough without any need for extras. The sites are generally good, but a little generic for me. The content looks good, and is 100% exclusive which is pretty much mandatory for this type of stuff. Overall, though, the sites, even with different niches, were all pretty similar. I've seen worse, and I've seen better, so if you're looking for another reality network to join, I can't help but recommend it (although I'd make sure that trial doesn't rebill for sure - just join up monthly).
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 07-11-05 |
Well, one way to make your dollar go farther here is to add a bunch more sites, and that's just what these guys did! Though they have more gay sites than most, they have a pretty good collection now. Also better is the size of the sites, as there's a decent amount to see all around. They only have a couple sites that really stand out for me, but overall I think it's a better collection than last time we were here. Kudos for expanding and evolving, hopefully the trend continues!
Score increased from 80.9 to 82.1.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 02-09-07 |
Well it doesn't look like the trend continued for very long. The number of sites has remained the same since last time we were here, and updates on those existing sites are slower than we would hope for. They're definitely not coming weekly, probably closer to monthly. Otherwise, the only other real news to report is that some of the sites that are still updating have bumped the video quality up a bit closer to today's average (though not all the sites for some reason). The price remains at $25 a month, and the rest of the network remains much the same as well. The allure last time we were here was the variety, and the growth. Without that growth, it just starts to blend in to all the other networks out there. It's still decent, but I hope they can get back on track.
Score decreased from 82.1 to 80.5.
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